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Aphorisms of Christian religionAphorismes of Christian religion
Aphorisms of Christian religion: or, a very compendious abridgement of M. I. Calvins Institutions set forth in short sentences methodically by M. I. Piscator: and now Englished according to the authors third and last edition, by H. Holland.Aphorismes of Christian religion: or, a verie compendious abridgement of M. I. Calvins Institutions set forth in short sentences methodically by M. I. Piscator: and now Englished according to the authors third and last edition, by H. Holland.
London: printed by Richard Field and Robert Dexter, 1596
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And albeit Satan and his Angels band themselves against God and his children, & that the devil oppose himself as much as he can in will & desire: yet can he not effect any thing, to hurt the faithful, or against the will of God. For the Lords power curbeth him, and keepeth him so ⟨p. 19⟩safe bound that he executeth only such things as are agiven him of God in commission. Neither doth the Lord permit Satan or his Angels to destroy bhis elect, but only to exercise cthem with temptations.
And albeit Sathan and his Angels bād themselues against God and his children, & that the deuill oppose himselfe as much as he can in will & desire: yet can he not effect any thing, to hurt the faithfull, or against the will of God. For the Lordes power curbeth him, and keepeth him so ⟨p. 19⟩safe bounde that he executeth onely such things as are agiuen him of God in cōmission. Neither doth the Lord permit Sathan or his Angels to destroy bhis elect, but onely to exercise